BILL NUMBER: SB 1782	CHAPTERED  08/25/00

	CHAPTER   247
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 24, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 18, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Morrow

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2000

   An act relating to attorneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1782, Morrow.  Attorneys.
   The State Bar Act regulates the practice of law in this state and
requires that applicants for a license to practice law satisfy
certain requirements that include, in the case of persons who have
been admitted to practice law in other states and United States'
jurisdictions, possessions, territories, or dependencies, taking and
passing either the general or Attorney's Bar examination, as
specified.
   This bill would state legislative intent  that the Supreme Court
of California adopt rules permitting the admission to the practice of
law in California attorneys who are licensed in another state but
who have not passed the California State Bar examination and would
request the Supreme Court to appoint a task force to study and make
recommendations regarding this issue.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Supreme
Court of California should adopt rules permitting the admission to
the practice of law in California of an attorney who is licensed in
another state and who has not passed the California State Bar
examination, if the state in which the attorney is licensed to
practice affords the same opportunity to licensed attorneys from
California.  The Legislature also recognizes that the question of
reciprocal admission is a complex one, and it, therefore, requests
that the Supreme Court appoint a task force to study and make
recommendations regarding whether and under what circumstances,
attorneys who are licensed to practice law in other states and who
have not passed the California State Bar examination may be permitted
to practice law in California.  The task force study should consider
all of the following factors:
   (a) Years of practice in other states.
   (b) Admission to practice law in another state.
   (c) Specialization of the attorney's practice in another state.
   (d) The attorney's intended scope of practice in California.
   (e) The admission requirements in the state or states in which the
attorney has been licensed to practice.
   (f) Reciprocity with and comity with other states.
   (g) Moral character requirements.
   (h) Disciplinary implications.
   (i) Consumer protection.
